Wood Patterns for Inlay Bandings
Wood patterns for inlay banding are varied. That’s one of the pleasures of making wood inlay banding. There are so many wood patterns to from which to choose. There are also so many wood choices to choose from when creating a wood pattern for inlay banding.
Learn How to Make Wood Patterns for Inlay Banding
While there is very little information available on how to make your own wood inlay banding, it can still be accomplished by the woodworker in his or her workshop. How? If you follow along and I will show you how. These woodworking methods and techniques have been conceived of and developed by The Apprentice and The Journeyman in order to resurrect the lost art of making wood inlay banding in the workshop
. We will work with simple wood patterns of inlay banding as well as complex wood patterns. There is something for all skill levels of woodworkers to enjoy.
Woodworking Methods to Create Designs in Wood
Most woodworkers have a natural tendency to work with the table saw
. However, when cutting wood segments my recommendation is to cut them on the band saw
. Why? It’s safer. The small wood segments can fly off of a spinning table saw blade and often times it can be very difficult small segments accurately with the table saw. Can wood patterns for inlay banding be cut on the table saw? Yes, of course. However, many great wood patterns can be cut more safely on the band saw and that is our focus here.
Free Wood Patterns to Make Inlay Bandings
Free wood patterns for making wood inlay bandings can be found at the SketchUp Warehouse. (You’ll need a google account which is also free.) Search for wood inlay bandings and you will find the wood patterns that The Apprentice and Journeyman is sharing with you. There are variety of wood patterns to get you started. Keep in mind that there is no end grain showing on any of the inlay bandings. It is all face grain or side grain.
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